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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Warren Truss voted No
Alex Somlyay voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Warren Truss and Alex Somlyay have voted the same way 99% of the time
Warren Truss
Former National Party Representative for Wide Bay March 1990 – May 2016
Alex Somlyay
Former Liberal Party Representative for Fairfax March 1990 – August 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Warren Truss and Alex Somlyay have voted in the same division 848 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 842 times. They have only voted differently 6 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 842 times. They have only voted differently 6 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Warren Truss voted No
Alex Somlyay voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Warren Truss voted Yes in this free vote
Alex Somlyay voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Warren Truss voted Yes in this free vote
Alex Somlyay voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Warren Truss voted No in this free vote
Alex Somlyay voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Warren Truss voted Yes in this free vote
Alex Somlyay voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance